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Get Instances (POST)

Queries for process instances that fulfill given parameters through a JSON object.
This method is slightly more powerful than the Get Instances method because it allows
filtering by multiple process variables of types String, Number or Boolean.

Method

POST /process-instance

Parameters

Query Parameters

Name

Description

firstResult

Pagination of results. Specifies the index of the first result to return.

maxResults

Pagination of results. Specifies the maximum number of results to return. Will return less results, if there are no more results left.

Request Body

A JSON object with the following properties:

Name

Description

processInstanceIds

Filter by a list of process instance ids. Must be a JSON array of Strings.

businessKey

Filter by process instance business key.

businessKeyLike

Filter by process instance business key that the parameter is a substring of.

caseInstanceId

Filter by case instance id.

processDefinitionId

Filter by the process definition the instances run on.

processDefinitionKey

Filter by the key of the process definition the instances run on.

deploymentId

Filter by the deployment the id belongs to.

superProcessInstance

Restrict query to all process instances that are sub process instances of the given process instance. Takes a process instance id.

subProcessInstance

Restrict query to all process instances that have the given process instance as a sub process instance. Takes a process instance id.

superCaseInstance

Restrict query to all process instances that are sub process instances of the given case instance. Takes a case instance id.

subCaseInstance

Restrict query to all process instances that have the given case instance as a sub case instance. Takes a case instance id.

active

Only include active process instances. Value may only be true, as false is the default behavior.

suspended

Only include suspended process instances. Value may only be true, as false is the default behavior.

incidentId

Filter by the incident id.

incidentType

Filter by the incident type. See the User Guide for a list of incident types.

incidentMessage

Filter by the incident message. Exact match.

incidentMessageLike

Filter by the incident message that the parameter is a substring of.

tenantIdIn

Filter by a list of tenant ids. A process instance must have one of the given tenant ids. Must be a JSON array of Strings.

withoutTenantId

Only include process instances which belong to no tenant. Value may only be true, as false is the default behavior.

activityIdIn

Filter by a list of activity ids. A process instance must currently wait in a leaf activity with one of the given activity ids.

variables

A JSON array to only include process instances that have variables with certain values.
The array consists of objects with the three properties name, operator and value.
name (String) is the variable name, operator (String) is the comparison operator to be used and value the variable value.value may be String, Number or Boolean.
Valid operator values are: eq - equal to; neq - not equal to; gt - greater than;
gteq - greater than or equal to; lt - lower than; lteq - lower than or equal to;
like.

sorting

A JSON array of criteria to sort the result by. Each element of the array is a JSON object that specifies one ordering. The position in the array identifies the rank of an ordering, i.e., whether it is primary, secondary, etc. The ordering objects have the following properties:

sortBy

Mandatory. Sort the results lexicographically by a given criterion. Valid values are instanceId, definitionKey, definitionId, tenantId and businessKey.

sortOrder

Mandatory. Sort the results in a given order. Values may be asc for ascending order or desc for descending order.

Result

A JSON array of process instance objects.
Each process instance object has the following properties:

Name

Value

Description

id

String

The id of the process instance.

definitionId

String

The id of the process definition that this process instance belongs to.

businessKey

String

The business key of the process instance.

caseInstanceId

String

The id of the case instance associated with the process instance.

ended

Boolean

A flag indicating whether the process instance has ended or not.
Deprecated: will always be false!

suspended

Boolean

A flag indicating whether the process instance is suspended or not.

tenantId

String

The tenant id of the process instance.

Response Codes

Code

Media type

Description

200

application/json

Request successful.

400

application/json

Returned if some of the query parameters are invalid, for example if a sortOrder parameter is supplied, but no sortBy, or if an invalid operator for variable comparison is used. See the Introduction for the error response format.